火

huǒ = hu + o3

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

火 = 人 + 丶 : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).

火 character breakdown

火
- 丶
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 火 as component

灶

zào = z + ao4

kitchen stove / kitchen; mess; canteen

焊

釬

hàn = h + an4

variant of 焊[han4]

焊

hàn = h + an4

to weld / to solder

焊 = 火 + 旱 : The marmot (旱) is considering to move in with Hamlet (h) and visits him in the anthill's bathroom (an4). To welcome the marmot, Hamlet is welding (焊) a steel sculpture displaying the words "to pee or not to pee!". The sparks caused by the welding set the whole anthill on fire (火) though and so the marmot runs back to its burrow.

焊

銲

hàn = h + an4

variant of 焊[han4]

灸

jiǔ = ji + ou3

moxibustion (TCM)

灸 = 久 + 火 : Joan of Arc (ji) is preparing for her next battle with a moxibustion (灸) session in the outhouse's living room (ou3). She needs to wait for the hourglass (久) to run out before she can put out the fire (火) on her back.

烘

ho̅ng = hu + (e)ng1

to bake / to heat by fire / to set off by contrast

烘 = 共 + 火 : The communist (共) is baking (烘) Helga Horse (hu) over a fire (火) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

伙

huǒ = hu + o3

meals (abbr. for 伙食[huo3 shi2]) / variant of 夥|伙[huo3]

伙 = 亻 + 火 : Rosa Luxemburg and Helga Horse have been companions for a long time. Once again, they sit together at a camp fire in the observatory.

伙

夥

huǒ = hu + o3

companion / partner / group / classifier for groups of people / to combine / together

伙 = 亻 + 火 : Rosa Luxemburg and Helga Horse have been companions for a long time. Once again, they sit together at a camp fire in the observatory.

煲

ba̅o = b + ao1

to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan

煲 = 保 + 火 : Beelzebub (b) likes to slowly cook (煲) his victims in a safe (保) over an open fire (火) in front of the aorta (ao1).

炼

煉

liàn = li + an4

to refine / to smelt

炼 = 火 + 一 + 东 : Li Qingzhao (li) is smelting (炼) the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower (东) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) to make a pendant out of it. She put the tower on a big fire (火) and blows air into the fire using a flute (一).

炼

鍊

liàn = li + an4

variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4]

熄

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

熄 = 息 + 火 : Marie Curie (xi) was breathing too much fire (息) in front of the space station (Ø1) because she accidentally put the space station on fire (火). Fortunately she has a fire extinguisher at hand to put out (熄) the fire.

灾

菑

za̅i = z + ai1

old variant of 災|灾[zai1]

灾 = 宀 + 火 : Zorro (z) just earned his PhD and is celebrating it with a bonfire (火) in front of the airplane (ai1), but then he accidentally drops his graduation cap (宀) and his certificate into the fire! What a disaster (灾)!